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Jun. 14th, 2012
Sally's Rage Face
Jun. 14th, 2012 01:40 pmWhat the hell is this? I am so mad.
Pan Macmillan is adding a further twist to the erotica trend, acquiring a racy re-telling of Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre.
Publishing director Wayne Brookes bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Vivienne Schuster and Felicity Blunt at Curtis Brown in the debut novel, Jane Eyre Laid Bare, by Eve Sinclair. Macmillan will publish as an e-book in August 2012 with a mass-market paperback to follow "shortly afterwards".
The author described it as "an erotic version of my favourite classic", adding: "I think that readers through the ages have appreciated the smouldering sexual chemistry between Jane and Rochester and I have changed very little of Bronte's original to retell the timeless story of a young girl falling for an unattainable older man and getting out of her depth in a sensual world she cannot control."
Brookes said: "When I received the opening chapters of this novel I instantly knew it was something that Macmillan had to publish. The idea is genius; Jane Eyre Laid Bare is a fan fiction re-write of Charlotte Bronte's much-loved novel, giving the original an exciting and enticing erotic make-over.
"The original is full of sexual tension and Eve Sinclair has cleverly explored and exposed the sensual underbelly of a highly-regarded classic."
If she is in fact changing 'very little of Bronte's original' and 'giving the original an exciting and enticing erotic make-over', rather than setting it in a different era etc, then way to completely miss the point of who Jane is and what the novel is about. Also, way to make money off something that is overwhelmingly someone else's work, and a great work of literature at that.
I guess this might seem a hypocritical gripe to have, since I have a copy of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' somewhere in my room. But that is such a cracky change as to make it okay to me, it's like a whole different (and very silly) world, it's not going by the same rules that Jane Austen set out in her original. But to just add erotica (if this is what's happening) to Jane Eyre changes the whole tone of the book and the people that Jane and Rochester are. I cannot imagine a way of doing it that doesn't cheapen the story and characters :/
Between this and 'Wuthering Heights' being marketed as the favourite book of a 100 year old vampire, I should think the Brontes could power the Northern Grid with how fast they are spinning in their graves. If I was Anne, I would be bracing myself for Agnes Grey turning up as Christian's promiscuous alcoholic sister in '50 Shades' :/
MORE DETAILS OF THE PLOT: http://www.panmacmillan.com/News/June-2012/Jane-Eyre-Laid-Bare ::cries:: Clearly it is a period retelling.
Pan Macmillan is adding a further twist to the erotica trend, acquiring a racy re-telling of Charlotte Bronte's classic, Jane Eyre.
Publishing director Wayne Brookes bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Vivienne Schuster and Felicity Blunt at Curtis Brown in the debut novel, Jane Eyre Laid Bare, by Eve Sinclair. Macmillan will publish as an e-book in August 2012 with a mass-market paperback to follow "shortly afterwards".
The author described it as "an erotic version of my favourite classic", adding: "I think that readers through the ages have appreciated the smouldering sexual chemistry between Jane and Rochester and I have changed very little of Bronte's original to retell the timeless story of a young girl falling for an unattainable older man and getting out of her depth in a sensual world she cannot control."
Brookes said: "When I received the opening chapters of this novel I instantly knew it was something that Macmillan had to publish. The idea is genius; Jane Eyre Laid Bare is a fan fiction re-write of Charlotte Bronte's much-loved novel, giving the original an exciting and enticing erotic make-over.
"The original is full of sexual tension and Eve Sinclair has cleverly explored and exposed the sensual underbelly of a highly-regarded classic."
If she is in fact changing 'very little of Bronte's original' and 'giving the original an exciting and enticing erotic make-over', rather than setting it in a different era etc, then way to completely miss the point of who Jane is and what the novel is about. Also, way to make money off something that is overwhelmingly someone else's work, and a great work of literature at that.
I guess this might seem a hypocritical gripe to have, since I have a copy of 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' somewhere in my room. But that is such a cracky change as to make it okay to me, it's like a whole different (and very silly) world, it's not going by the same rules that Jane Austen set out in her original. But to just add erotica (if this is what's happening) to Jane Eyre changes the whole tone of the book and the people that Jane and Rochester are. I cannot imagine a way of doing it that doesn't cheapen the story and characters :/
Between this and 'Wuthering Heights' being marketed as the favourite book of a 100 year old vampire, I should think the Brontes could power the Northern Grid with how fast they are spinning in their graves. If I was Anne, I would be bracing myself for Agnes Grey turning up as Christian's promiscuous alcoholic sister in '50 Shades' :/
MORE DETAILS OF THE PLOT: http://www.panmacmillan.com/News/June-2012/Jane-Eyre-Laid-Bare ::cries:: Clearly it is a period retelling.